Sociology Notes in English

Max Weber’s Theory Of Ideal Types Introduction  The concept of “ideal type” is one of the major concepts in Weberian sociology. In fact, it has an important place in his methodology. In methodology, it is known as “typological analysis.” It is said that the inspiration which Weber had derived from the writings of Plato and […]

Meaning and Definition of Secularization  Secularization derived from the Latin word, secular means ‘present age or generation’ it was first defined by Brian Wilson in 1966 as “the process by which religious thinking, practices, and institutions lose social significance.” secularization can be understood as that social process by which rationality is gradually incorporated in religious,

MEANING AND DEFINITION OF MODERNISATION Meaning  Modernisation is a process of change whereby less developed societies acquire the characteristics of more developed societies including their ways of life and values. Through this process, the developed societies transmit their keys of change and improvement to traditional or less developed societies. Through the transmission of modern scientific

Development Meaning Like evolution and progress, ‘development’ is also a social process. Development is change that moves towards improvement. Along with the continuity of change of development, a direction is also necessary. Although this direction is not predetermined, yet it is progressive. it always moves up. It just presents the speed of progress from one

 Evolution  Introduction  Concept of evolution in Sociology has taken from Biology. Darwin propounded his theory of natural selection and said that the evolution of animals moved from simple to complex and from similarity to difference. Social scientists like Spencer and Morgan applied this concept in Sociology saying that culture and society too evolved in the

 Progress Meaning  Progress is a special process of social change in which conscious efforts are made to attain set needs.  The word ‘Progress’ comes from the Latin word ‘Progredior’ which means “to step forward”. Thus change and move towards the desired good is called progress. According to goal, place, and society there is change in

Conflict theory of social change by karl marx Social change theory of Karl Marx:  Karl Marx and Engles are the famous exponents of conflict theory of social change.  Marx treated economic and industrial reasons as the progenitors of social change, thus this theory is known as Economic Determinism or Technological Theory of Social Change and

Sanskritization: Meaning, Characteristics Meaning The concept ‘Sanskritization’ was first introduced by Prof. M.N. Srinivas the famous Indian sociologist. He explained the concept of sanskritization in his book “Religion and society among the coorgs of South India” to describe the cultural mobility in the traditional caste structure of Indian society. In his study of the coorgs

Linear Theory Of Social change  This theory states that change takes place in a linear manner. The direction of social change is from worse to better, simple to complex and backward to modern. In other words, according to linear theory, social change is evolutionary; it is always towards the better way until perfection is achieved.

Pareto cyclical theory of social change Cyclical Theory of Social Change The advocates of this theory believe that we reach from the point we started. They must probably have been inspired by natural changes. These scholars said that society and culture go through the cycle of rise and fall. For this, they mentioned the various